Ravinia South Dakota Map

About Ravinia, South Dakota

Ravinia is a locality in Charles Mix County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 71. The population density is 110.5 people per km². Ravinia is located at 43.1367°N, 98.4267°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ravinia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57356.

Ravinia occupies a stretch of high, open prairie where the horizon pulls away in every direction, leaving the sky to dominate the experience of the land. It lies 44.3 miles south-southwest of Mitchell, SD (from Mitchell, SD: bearing 207°T), and is situated 33.1 miles northwest of Springfield. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, thin clarity, bleaching the grasses to a pale straw color and casting long, sharp shadows from the fence posts that mark the boundaries of the plains. Two miles to the east, the surface of Red Lake catches the shifting hues of the afternoon, acting as a quiet mirror for the clouds that drift relentlessly across the basin. The terrain is largely defined by this expansive, unyielding flatness, though the ground begins to wrinkle into the distance toward the shadow of Sunrise Hill, which rises eight miles away as a faint, dark silhouette against the deepening blue of the west.

Ravinia persists as a quiet node of agricultural labor, defined by the seasonal rhythms of sowing and harvest that dictate the pulse of the local economy. The history of the settlement remains tethered to the soil, where generations have worked the heavy earth, occasionally venturing toward the banks of Sevenmile Creek, four miles distant, to find a respite from the dry heat of the summer months. Residents often look toward the nearby Red Lake to witness the migration of waterfowl, a brief interruption in the otherwise steady, labor-intensive pace of rural life. Beyond the immediate fields, the jagged depression of Williamson Gulch serves as a reminder of the ancient, erosive forces that shaped this region, providing a rugged contrast to the orderly, productive fields that sustain Ravinia and its people.

About This Ravinia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ravinia, South Dakota. Coordinates: 43.13666, -98.426747. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Ravinia includes the ZIP code (57356), telephone area code (605), county seat of Charles Mix County (Lake Andes), and school district assignment (Andes Central School District 11-1).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.